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Maria Watches Over Us

2004–2009 · 4 seasons

A gentle, quietly absorbing watch that lingers on small emotional moments and the tender awkwardness of admiration and belonging.

Created by: Tomoko Hiramuki, Masato Jimbo
Genres: Animation, Drama
Starring: Kana Ueda, Miki Ito, Megumi Toyoguchi

Overview: When Yumi Fukuzawa entered the Lillian Girls' Academy, a prestigious all-girls Catholic school in Tokyo, she never imagined she would catch the eye of beautiful and demure Sachiko Ogasawara, one of the school's most popular students. Now Sachiko has offered to be Yumi's soeur, her "sister" and guide for all her years at the academy. The whole idea has Yumi completely flustered—after all, they hardly know each other! The entire campus is abuzz with rumors about the two of them, but Yumi is conflicted over accepting Sachiko's offer. While she admires Sachiko, being her soeur would also mean constantly being at the center of the entire school's attention!

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Created by: Tomoko Hiramuki, Masato Jimbo
Genres: Animation, Drama
Starring: Kana Ueda, Miki Ito, Megumi Toyoguchi

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
love
friendship
coming-of-age
found family
Places: school
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	6
Tension	2
Darkness	1
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: animation, drama
Created by: Tomoko Hiramuki, Masato Jimbo, Yoshihisa Matsumoto, Yukihiro Matsushita, Daisuke Tsukushi, Makoto Sokuza
Starring: Kana Ueda, Miki Ito, Megumi Toyoguchi, Mamiko Noto, Haruna Ikezawa, Kaori Shimizu, Emi Shinohara, Shizuka Itoh
Music: Mikiya Katakura
Length: 4 seasons, 44 episodes, 24 min each
Network: TV Tokyo
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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